the actual funniest thing about watching helluva boss for me has been learning that, despite being an astronomically popular character in the furry fandom1, loona's barely in the show
she's a side character, and one who's usually irrelevant. she doesn't go on most of the mercenary missions with the rest of the crew. episodes that seem to be about her usually end up being more about blitzo (her adoptive father and the protagonist of the series). most of the episodes in season 1 where she has any relevance don't even depict her as a furry the whole time, as she uses a human disguise whenever she's on earth. i think she's had speaking roles in exactly two episodes in the second season so far, with several more episodes where she appears but gets no lines. and yet she's so insanely popular among furries that for the longest time i thought she was the main character. i thought she was the titular Helluva Boss. this could not have been further from the truth
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to give you some hard numbers to put loona's popularity among furries into scale: she has over 20,000 pieces of fanart posted to e621. she's currently the eleventh most popular character on the site, right between princesses celestia and luna and ahead of furry fandom staples like krystal, toriel, and ankha, despite being around a shorter amount of time than any of them. at this rate she will very likely overtake rouge the bat in a year or so. she's consistently been the most drawn character on the site for the last three years. she has truly just become THE default furry girl for people to draw fanart of
